Austin’s most popular gringo taco trailer & mobile food pioneers TORCHY’S TACOS turns 3 years old this week. To celebrate, they’re throwing a Birthday Party this Thursday evening at their non-mobile location on the corner of South 1st & El Paso.  FREE KEG BEER will be served from 7-10pm along with fiddle music from teenage [...]

We entered the fest for our 4th year in a row.. put in 2 salsas – The Chappy’s green tomatillo sauce and an expirimental Peach/Habanero/Red Pepper salsa for the Special Variety class… no prize this year, but we had a blast anyway.. The music was good, the lines were manageable, the beer was cold..and the [...]

Check out some of the recent City of Austin restaurant inspections.. Notable scores include Las Lomas on Stassney with a 50 (FAIL), Taqueria Jefes on Lamar with a 70, Torchy’s on Guadalupe with a 93, and the Maudie’s at the airport with a 96..hit the jump for a list of all the scores..

We visited the newest Torchy’s location today and I have to say the new digs have a lot of potential.. You can find the new spot just south of the original location on S. 1st St and also houses a new burger trailer called Shuggies.  
Formerly an auto shop and used car lot.. they’ve managed [...]

We braved the heat and made a respectible showing at the 2008 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival.. Taco Town entered 4 salsas in all.. unfortunately, none of them were able to take home trophies.. but by the end we were too blasted to care.. this was the biggest year ever for the event, with over [...]

i think i am more curious about Shuggies Burgers & Seafood.. WTF?
more investigation after the jump

• The Chronicle’s Hot Sauce Festival is this Sunday August 24
Its that time of year again.  The music is better (Heathens, Black Joe Lewis, etc), the judges are qualified (Robb Walsh, Tyson Cole) and the food vendors are tasty (Curra’s, Oaxacan Tamaleo, etc) For those wanting to compete – The rules have changed a bit- [...]

TacoTown is proud to accept the award for ‘best place to find a decent taco’ in the 2007 Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Awards.  Despite having to share this prestigious honor with rival taco-nauts: taco journalism, we here at tacotown will continue to be trusty sources of taco knowledge.  So if you’re in from out [...]

Cabeza is diggin the new campus taco spot- Cuatro (4) Bases covered: beer, burgers, bunnies, and tacos
Atmosphere: just barely recognizable from the space that used to house Bongo’s BBQ-the former occupant and classic UT slacker haunt from Cabeza’s formative years…the new digs are modern, open-air (and dog-friendly) patio – all with a laid-back breezy summertime [...]

The first casualties of low blood sugar- Decision making and creative thinking/ you ever wait too long to take that lunch break and you end up pacing south congress like a zombie in search of any meat-based meal that’ll quench the pangs? yeah, maybe we should bring snacks to work or somethin…tacosnax…
Well, said pangs led [...]